Improvement in faucets



` UNITED w STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL L. LATTA, on LIGONIER,INDIANA.

IMPROVENENT IN FAUCETS.

Specification forming part of letters Patent No. 156.707, dated November1 0, 1874 application filed September 26, 1874.

To all whom it may conccm:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL L. LATTA, of Ligonier, in the County of Nobleand State of Indiana, have invented a new and Valuable Improvement inFaucets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and eX- act description of the Construction and operation of the same,reference being had to the annexed drawings making a'part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon Figure l of the drawing is a representation of a front View ofmy faucet. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View, and Fig. 3 is a detailView, of the same.

This invention has relation to faucets which are designed for drawingviscid liquids; and it consists in combining, with a barrel having adrawing-off nozzle between its extremities, a pisten, the rod of whichpasses through a slot in a renovable cap, and is notched near itshandle, so as to form a shoulder for holding the piston against thepressure of liquid. against it when not drawing.

In the annexed drawings, A designates the barrel of the faucet, on oneend of which is a screw-cap, a having an oblong hole, b, through it. Bdesignates a tapered nozzle, which is between the ends of the barrel,and adapted to receive upon it one or more tapered nozzles, D, which areheld by a bayonet-fastening, c. The retnovable nozzles are intended toconcentrate the flow of liquid, and are used for drawing liquids intosmall-month vessels. E designates a piston which is secured on the endof a flat stern, O, and adapted to work in the barrel A. The rod G isnotched at e, so as to form a shoulder, which, when brought against theinner side of the cap a, will firnly hold the piston in the positionshown in Fig. 2, and prevent it from being pressed out by the liquid inthe barrel. The shoulder e is adjusted, as shown in Fig. 3, by giving aslight turn to the stem C.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The barrel A, 'nozzle B, slotted cap a, piston E, and the piston-stem G,notched at 6,311 combined and construoted as described. i

In testinony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my nameinthe presence of two witnesses.

i SAMUEL L. LATTA. Witnesses:

D. W. GREEN, H. JEANNERET.

